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UNITED STATES PATENT EEIcE.

SAMUEL L. OTIS, OF AMSTERDAM, NEYV YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN H.GILES, OF SAME PLACE.

GARMENT-TURNING DEVICE.

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 372,324, datedNovember 1, 1887.

Application filed August 2, 1887. Serial No. 245,945.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL L. OTIS, of Amsterdam, in the county ofMontgomery and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Garment-Turning Machines; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and [0 use the same.

Myinvention relates to an improved device for turning the sleeves andlegs of garmentsin the process of manufacturing the same, andparticularly knit underwear.

In thejoining of knit garments that are not Woven seamless it isnecessary to reverse the sleeves of shirts or legs of drawers once, andin some cases twice,while they are beingjoined at the seams, andafterward to turn the seams 2o inside, leaving the right side of thegarment outside when it is finished. This turning 'of legs and arms ofthe undergarment has heretofore been done by the workman without aid ofany implement by drawing the sleeves (or legs) over his arms until theextremities are reached. Then by grasping the free edge of the leg orsleeve and stripping the garment off of his arm the operator succeeds inturning the right side out. The reversal of underwear in 0 the mannerjust indicated is tedious and consumes valuable time, as but one sleeveor leg can be operated upon at a time.

The object of my present invention is to produce a simple andcomparativelyinexpensive device that may be aff xed to a worktable insuch a position as to be convenient for instant use, and that by itsemployment will greatly facilitate the work as Well as save time byaffording a means of reversing both sleeves or legs of a shirt or pairofdrawers at one operation.

\Vith this object in view my invention consists in certain features ofconstruction and combinations of parts, that will be hereinafterdescribed, and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings making a part of this specification', Figure 1 is aperspective view of the device, showing in dotted lines a garmentthereon in the act of being turned. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thegarment-turning device. 0 represents a low table such as is gener- (Nomodel.)

ally used by tailors or other operatives on garments, who use it foraseat as well as a means of support for their work. Upon the top and sideboards, 0 C, of the table abracketplate, B, is secured by screws orother similar means. 5 5

The bracket-plate B is preferably made of metal. It is composed of twoflanges, a a, of equal length, integral and at right angles to eachother in cross-section, to adapt them to conform to the surface of thetop and side ofthe table to which they areattached, as stated. On thevertical flange a of the bracket-plate B two upright standards, A A, areadjustably fixed.

The standards A A are located between the ribs or ledges l 2 3 4, thatare parallel projections with the edge of the plate a, the ledgesserving to retain the standards from lateral displacement. Saidstandards A A have slots I) cut through them, these slots extending fromnear their lower ends upwardly a sufficient distance to receiveset-screws c c, which are inserted in threaded holes made to receivethem in the plate a.

The bodies of the standards A A are tapered edgewise to properly reducethem from a point just above the upper ends of the slots bto their upperextremities, and upon these upper ends the metal rings A A are affixedpermanently.

The rings A A (see Fig. 2) project at right angles outwardly on the sideof the standards that will face the operator when he is about to use thedevice.

The relative height of and distance between the standards A A is suchthat they will be 8 convenient for use when a workman stands in front ofthem, and, further, that will enable the operator to place garments uponthe rings, as will presently be explained. An adjustment of thestandards on the plate a by means 0 of the set-screws c affords a readymeans for changing their height to suit the varying lengths ofdifferent-sized garments.

\Vhen the garmentturner is to beputin use, the garments, which have beenpreviously 5 placed in accessible position on the table, are taken bythe operator and placed, cuff end of the sleeve or lower end of thedrawers, (as the case may be,) through the rings from above and drawndownward until-the crotch orjoined IOQ portion reaches the rings, whenthe body ofthe garment is grasped and drawn downward over and on theoutside of the rings, giving the legs or sleeves a reverse or upwardmovement, thus removing them from the rings, and thereby turning theminside out or right side out, as the case may be. This completes theoperation, and the garment may be quickly removed from the device.

It is evident that the standards A A and their rings A A may besupported in other ways than that herein described and be used toaccomplish the same purpose; hence I do not wish to limit myself to theemployment of a table on which to support these standards and theirrings. Other slight changes might also be made in the construeti vefeatures of my invention without violation of its spirit. I desire,therefore, to have such reasonable latitude in its manufacture as willlie fairly within its scope.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device for turning garments, two upright standards located ashort distance apart, each standard having at its upper end a ringlocated at or approximately at right angles to its standard,substantially as set forth.

2. I11 a device for turning garments, the combination, with abracket-plate, a supporting-base for the bracket-plate, and two verticalstandards adj ustabl ysecured to the bracket- 7 plate, of two ringsaffixed to the upper ends of the standards and extending nearlyhorizontal 5 from corresponding sides of the standards, substantially asset forth.

3. In a device for turning garments, the combination,with two uprightstandards and two rings afiixed about at right angles on the top ends ofthese standards to extend upon corresponding sides of each standard, ofasupporting-base adapted to hold the standards upright and aboutparallel to each other, a proper distance intervening between theiradjacent edges, substantially as set forth.

4. In a device for turning garments, the combination, with two uprightstandards, two rings on their top ends, and a bracket-plate, of asupporting-table, substantially as set forth.

5. In a device for turning garments, the combination, with atable and abracket-plate, of two upright standards slotted longitudi nally apart oftheir length, set screws to adjust the standards to the bracketplatc,and a ring for each standard,that each projects nearly horizontal fromlike sides of the standards, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in theprcsenee oftwo subscribing 60 witnesses.

SAMUEL L. OTIS.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN H. GILES, J. E. VALENTINE.

